Thursday 20 August 2009

The Daily Teaser …

Phew! HELL of A Morning!!

I’m just reconnecting Allison’s laptop. AGAIN!!

Mad, isn’t it?

Given that O2 are the people selling the iPhone, you’d think the idea of writing the drivers for alternative operating systems would be a hard one to grasp.

But never mind!!

Lets move on, shall we?

Shall we?

Yes, lets!

Here’s today’s questions …

Q1) August 20th, 1975, saw NASA launch the Viking 1 Probe; to which planet was it headed?


Q2) Two years later, NASA launched what; Mariner 11, Mariner 12, or Voyager 2?


Q3) August 20th, 1862, saw the début of which of Tchaikovski’s works?


Q4) August 20th, 1989, saw pleasure cruiser, The Marchioness, crash with a barge; but on which river?


Q5) And finally, today in 1920, saw the death by ice-pick, of which Bolshevik leader?


And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) August 19th, 43BC, saw who named as Consul of Rome?

A1) August Cæsar. (Him, again! This mark’s the start of Rome being ruled by what’s called the Second Triumvirate, by the way; he seized sole rule in 27BC)


Q2) A few years further on, August 19th, 1745, saw the start of the 2nd Jacobite Rebellion; who was it lead by?

A2) Prince Charles Edward Stewart; AKA Bonnie Prince Charlie.


Q3) August 19th, 1561, saw which Queen return to Scotland?

A3) Mary, Queen of Scots.


Q4) August 19th, 1692; One woman, and four men were executed for witchcraft. In which US town?

A4) Salem, Massachusetts.


Q5) August 19th, 1909 saw the very first motor race, at which racetrack?

A5) Indianapolis. (This was the first Indianapolis 500.)


Q6) August the 19th also saw the start of a coup aimed against Mikhail Gorbachev; in which year of the 1990s?

A6) 1991.


Q7) And finally, August 19th, 1987, saw Michæl Ryan shoot 14 people, during the Hungerford Massacre; in which English county is Hungerford?

A7) Berkshire.


Enjoy those! I’ll catch you later!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Mars
2. Voyager 2
3. The Tempest
4. Marchioness
5. Leon Trotsky

Starlingpoet

Nik Nak said...

Blimey, JK; you’re not looking to bad, there … !!